Sign holder



June 17, 1930. H.J. GINSBERG SIGN HOLDER Filed June 12, 1928 2 sheets-sheet 1 Junel?, 1930. H. J. GINSBERG l 1,764,558

S IGN HOLDER Filed June l2, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Z] .f Q 'zfewor: 20 Harry II. Gansberg 270,771, -fiiedy Aprir i7, 192s.

Patented June 17, 1930 HARRY; J. GrNsBnnG, .or cnrcnoo, rumors, .Assrenon- To i v- 'BATAvIa Maase? serein? @ma `I n Y rr. r. WIN-neon, on? Immo-Is sien HOLDER feppiication -fiiea .runeia 1,928., "serial No.. 284,752.,

V'.lhejpres'ent invention relates to improvements in sign holders and has reference more particularly to a holder forplacards-orrout-"`V y ingk cards for use upon railroad cars and tank cars, as well as other places havingpsimilar lil-SES. f

A further and important object is to. prei' vide asigii holder that'en'ibodies certain im# proveniente over the sign holder disclosediin myco-peiiding appl'ication,N bearing Serial' 1,705,554, granted Marr. 19, 1929.

@ne ofthe important objects of the present invention isto provide a sign holder having a base constructed such a manner as toj provide af means for receiving and support` n ing the rod on which iszpivota'lvly mounted the l sign elainping'frame.

j Still a further Objectis to provide a sign holder of the above. mentioned character n vwliieli is gsimple in construction, inexpensive,

strongd'iirable, f ul'tgher well adapted to the purpose for which it'is designed.

Other objects of the invention will become apparent as the descriptionoi the invention proceeds and when taken in connection withv the accompanying drawings. In the accompanying drawings, forming a 'part of this application and in which like numerals designate like parts throughout the several views:

Figure lis a perspective view of the sign holder embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view,

i taken. approximately. upon the line 2-2 of Figure l. n

Figure isa detail bottom plan of one end portion of the base showing the eye portion that is formed for receiving either end of the frame supporting rod.

Figure l is a sectional View, taken approximately on the line 4 4 of Figure '5, looking downwardly.

` Figure 5 is an enlarged elevational view of 1^ the upper portion of the base for more clearly showing the linger gripping inverted U-shaped frame.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary elevational view oi'r' the lower right hand holder, Vand now Jlfitent No..

portion `of thev corner of the signl "Figure 7 is anienlarged' .sectional-view,

.taken approximately on the line f1-7` of Fig!y ure 6',"lool{ing in the direction ofthe arrows. In the drawings, whereinl for the purpose ofili'ustration is shown the preferred' 'einbodi-V 55 .nient of my invention,l the numeral 1 desig` n nates a* substantially rectangular shaped baseV that .is stormedpreferably from a piece of' sheet metal, thesame being'formed with suitable openingsQ, toacconimodate appropriate 60 fastening 'means whereby .thebase Vmay loeA` securedin a rigid marmeren a support prof vided therefor. n l f One sideedge of the base is formedwith theiorwardly projecting `flange 3,' that pro# e5 vides a stop `forr limiting .the 'sliding .movement Vof the placard or signin one dbirection on the base.. The basel is furthermore formed withanelongated horizontally disposed slot il', intlie'upper intermediate Lpor- 7o tion t-hereofand the'rpurposefol this slot will be hereinafter more; -fullydescribed. y y l The flange 3 terminatesatfi'ts lower edge p in spaced relation with respect to the loweredgeof thebase l and the baseisformed with 75 the iipwardly extending lslits stamped inwardly.oil` the'side edgesthereof' whereby to Vprovide corner vtongues @and each of these tongues isi beiitba'cl; upon itself or rolled to` form a horizontally loop 7. Each ot these eye portions isslit as at 8, adjacentthekeutervend tl'ierf'eo"y whereby to providea bendable loclingvstrip 9, the pural pose 'of which will be presentlydescribed. A ylnirizontally disposed'rod lOe'Xtends acrossf `85 the trent 'if-faceof thelower edge portionofftlief' 1 basev l and the ends of this rod are disposed within the respectiveeyes erk loops 7.,' the strips v9 'being bent inwardly, "in the manner as i shown vin Figure 7, to prevent displacement 90r of the l"rod from the eyes, itfbeingund ,'erstood, of course, that the ends of the rods extend inwardly of the inner edge 'ofthe respective locking strips as suggested Vbyl the dotted lines in Figure 6. y

The invention' further comprehends the;

provision of -the substantially,inverted Ufff shaped clamping `'frame designated generally.

by the numerals 1,1, the same lbeing formed" 1 yfrom a single strand ofspringwire. The 100 disposed aliiiedy eye: or sul.`

arms 1Q of this inverted U-shaped clamping frame have their lower free ends bent to form eyes 13, through which the rod extends,

thereby providing apivotal connection for the clamping frame or bail.

The bight portion il of the U-shaped clamping frame or ybail has its intermediate portion so bent as to form rearwardly extending loops 15,7and a forwardly intermediate disposed loop 16. The rearwardly disposed loop projects through the slot l, while the forwardly projecting loop 16 extends a considerable distance from the front side of the base, whereby a finger may be inserted be-V tween the looped portion 16 and the base, to permit the clamping frame to be readily and easily engaged to swing the same forwardly whenever it is necessary to insert or remove a placard from the sign holder. In Figures 4 and 5,.there is shown the specific construction of theintermediate portion of the crown portion of the inverted Ul-shaped clamping frame or bail. n

A pair of axial coil springs- 17 encircle the '5 rod 10 adjacent the respective eye portions Y18 and each axial coil spring is constructed so as to provide a relatively short arm 18, and a relativelyrlong arm 19 at its ends.

The shorter arm of each axial coil spring extends downwardly and hasvits free end bent to form a hook 20 that engages with a notch 21 formed in the lower edge ofthe basel.

The longer arm 19 of each axial coil spring unit extends upwardly along Vthe adjacent side of the inverted U-shaped clamping frame or bailthev extremities 0f these arms being bent to form laterally extending hooks `22 that engager over and around the intervvplacard, or s-ign against the front side of the base l. Furthermore, the sign or placard can be readily and easily removed by swinglng the clamping frame forwardly on the rod Vhile I, have shown the preferred embodiment of my. invention, it is toV be understood that various changes in the size, shape and arrangement ofparts may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is: 1. In a sign holder, a base constructed from a single blank of sheet metal having its lower corner portions slotted vertically toestablish lower corner supporting lugs, said lugs being bent forwardly then downwardly and rearwardly to establish rod supporting sockets, the lower rearwardly extending portions aforesaid being slotted to establish relatively narrow edge tines, a horizontal rod extending between and supported by the sockets aforesaid, said tines having their rear ends bent upwardly to lock the end portions of the rod in place, a U-shaped clamping member having its lower ends journaled on said horizontal rod adjacent to said corner supports, and suitable spring means tending to swing said clamping member upwardly and into contact with the base member, substantially as described.

2. In a sign holder, the combination with a suitable base member, ofa U-s-haped clamping vmember having its lower ends pivotally mounted with respect to the lower corners of said base-member, there being a horizontal slotted opening in the base member in alignment with the upper portion of the U-shaped clamping member,and the upper portion of the'U-shaped clamping member being bent Vrearwardly and then forwardly and then rearwardly and again forwardly to es-tablish a V-shaped finger piece lying in a horizontal plane when the clamping member is in clamping position,'and extending partially .into the horizontal slotted opening of the base member aforesaid when the clamping member is in clamping engagement with the base member, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HARRY J. GINYSBERG. 

